The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.

What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Friendship is love without his wings!

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.